Zorin OS and games

[StarTreker]

I wrote a tutorial on how to do this stuff a couple years ago, hope it helps!

[How To] Setup External Drives With Steam Flatpak

Since this topic doesn't relate to Zorin OS directly in any way that I can think of, I decided to post this in the lounge, even if its probably not the best place for it. I just had to go through all this, to set this up for a family member. With Windows, all you have to do is plug in your formatted external drive, go in Steam, and tell it to use the external drive for your games library. But on Linux, its a lot harder. First and formost, when you buy a hard drive, it never comes preformatted f…

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[NarakuITA]

Solved. I had to specify that disks should be mounted automatically when the operating system starts.
Start steam, it detects mounted disks and installed games.

[StarTreker]

Of course, that is a minimum requirement at the very least. Linux is a more locked down OS then Windows, because at the end of the day, the philosophy with Linux is, your data is your own, your privacy, your security, should be paramount. Windows doesn't believe you have a right to privacy or security, so they mine your data, and sell it to the highest bidder.

By extension of this, it means that Linux can be a learning curve, and take longer to setup to your needs. But at the end of the day, you are much more secure on Linux, and thats what matters at the end of the day. When I wrote my how to article, Windows 11 wasn't even a thing yet.

Since Windows 11 came out, it made everything that was bad about Windows 10, even far worse. Especially after the most recent update that Windows 11 got, where it forced more decisions against your will. Windows is not the way, Linux is. Welcome!

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[anon96359095]

@StarTreker

your security, should be paramount.

The firewall is off on most distro’s. People should not forget to enable this.

[Bourne]

Steam time games on operating system.

[d-man]

I personally use Nobara too. Zorin is for normies

[anon96359095]

Where did you get this info from ? Please post a link.

[Bourne]

This is my steam profile. How much time i spend with linux and gaming.
Why I need proof to everything with link to defend my privacy?.

[anon96359095]

Thought you posted status from steam global. That i found hard to believe. That would mean everyone used linux.

[Bourne]

You can this in year steam statistic go to shop and under is statistic.
Many people playing on linux when they check on profile.
Some people playing both macos,linux.

[anon96359095]

Thanks!

[0Picass0]

The firewall is off on most distro’s. People should not forget to enable this.

Thanks for the reminder! I need to enable it on the laptop that was previously running Mint. I completely forgot.